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Subject:Re: Graphics in a MS Word Style? From:Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 12 Mar 1998 12:37:55 -0600
In our previous episode, KevinX Feeman said:
>
> Does anyone know if it possible to add a graphic into a style in
> Microsoft word. For example: I want to put a hand symbol depicting
> caution in a caution style tag. Any ideas?
If you can find (or create) a font that has the graphic you want, you
can create a style that has the graphic as a bullet character. I've
also created macros that used a particular character as a drop cap, so
as not to affect the line spacing.
As far as I know, there's no way to take an existing graphic that's
not part of a font and make it part of a style. It's easy enough to
create a macro that imposes the style and inserts the graphic, though.
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